stürmen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German stürmen, from Old High German sturmen, from Proto-Germanic *sturmijaną. Equivalent to Sturm -en.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editstürmen (weak, third-person singular present stürmt, past tense stürmte, past participle gestürmt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (meteorology, intransitive, often impersonal) to storm, be blustery [auxiliary haben]
- Es stürmt. ― It’s storming.
- Draußen stürmt ein Orkan. ― There’s a hurricane blustering outside.
- (intransitive) to rush, charge [auxiliary sein]
- Er ist wütend nach draußen gestürmt.
- He rushed outside in a rage.
- (sports, intransitive) to attack, play as forward [auxiliary haben]
- Sie haben viel gestürmt, aber wenig echte Chancen herausgespielt.
- They attacked a lot, but created few real chances.
- Er hat jahrelang für Österreich gestürmt.
- He played as a forward for Austria for several years.
- (military, usually transitive) to storm, assault, to conduct a violent, often frontal attack [auxiliary haben]
- Infanterieeinheiten stürmen derzeit das Dorf.
- Infantry units are currently storming the village.
- Jetzt schon zu stürmen, würde zu hohen Verlusten führen.
- Storming already at this point would lead to high losses.
- (figurative, transitive) to crowd, flock to [auxiliary haben]
- Binnen Minuten stürmten Tausende Fans die Ticketschalter.
- Within minutes thousands of fans were crowding the ticket counters. (Does not imply riots as English “to storm” usually would in this context.)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | stürmen | ||||
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present participle | stürmend | ||||
past participle | gestürmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich stürme | wir stürmen | i | ich stürme | wir stürmen |
du stürmst | ihr stürmt | du stürmest | ihr stürmet | ||
er stürmt | sie stürmen | er stürme | sie stürmen | ||
preterite | ich stürmte | wir stürmten | ii | ich stürmte1 | wir stürmten1 |
du stürmtest | ihr stürmtet | du stürmtest1 | ihr stürmtet1 | ||
er stürmte | sie stürmten | er stürmte1 | sie stürmten1 | ||
imperative | stürm (du) stürme (du) |
stürmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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